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` tion of the construction and `operation of chine, showing myimprovement, the old and end a pinion, F, seen in Figs. 1 and 2. Thiscarriage by pivots and 'governed by a spring, by which the edge of thesole ofthe boot., or 1 s IunrrEl) sTATEs PATENT oEErcE A. c. GAL'LAHUE,or' NEW YORK, N..Y.

MACHINE EUR PEGGING Boo'rs AND SHOES.

Specification ofil'letters Patent N o. 11,287, dated July- 11, 1854.

To all whomz'mzy concern.' Be it known that I, A. C. GALLAHU'E, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented` certain new anduseful Improvements in Machines for PeggingBoots and Shoes; and` IVdohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descripthesame, reference being had` to the accompanying drawings, making a partof this specification, in whichb Figure 1, is a perspective view of amawell known devices, such as the hammer `for drivingthe pegs, and thedevice `for cutting the pegs and placing them in theholes inthe sole,being omitted in the drawing. MFig. 2, is a plan of the frame andCarriage; the rocking bed plate being removed. Fig.3, is aside elevationofthe machine. Fig. 4, is a front view of the stop lever and mecha-`nisni by which it is operated.

. Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingpart's in each ofthe figures.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inmachinesfor pegging boots and shoes,kand it consists lst, in theemployment or use of a rocking bed plate, on which the boot or shoeisplaced or attached, said bedplate being attached to a shoe is made tobear against the gage block, and cause the pegs to be driven into thesole at an equal distance from its edge.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to de-` scribe it-s construction and operation.1 's

A, is a rectangular frame, having on. its upper or top part, two ways orguides, (a), (a), between which a carriage,` B, works. On the carriage,B, there isa rocking bed-A plate, C, attached to the carriage` bya;`longitudinal arm, D, the ends of which pass through end pieces, (b),(b), of the plate, C, and into the end pieces of the carriage, B, asseen in Figs.` 1. and 2.

E, is a vertical shaft, having at its lower shaft has its bearing uponthe arm, D,and passes upward through the bed plate, C, and has the bootor shoe block, F', secured on it, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

i i edge of the sole of the boot `or shoewhen on the block, F bearsagainst this gage-block, G, in consequence of aspiral spring, I, one endof which is attached to the bedplate, and the other end to the carriage,B, as shown in Fig. 1 s i J, in Fig. l, is a roller, which bears uponthe sole of the boot-or shoe.` This roller is attached to a verticalrod, (c), having a spiral' spring, (d), around it. The rod, (c), passesthrough a lever, (c), having one end connected to the gage block, Gr,and one edge of the lever catching into a rack, (p), on the gage block.The lever is connected to the rod, when said` rod passes through it, `bymeans of pins, (f), which pass through the rod, one pin being above andanother below the lever. One pin is shown in Fig. 1.` By means of thelever, (e), and rack, (p), the roller, J, may be elevated or depressed,so as to suit soles which are transversely either rounding or flat.`Some soles being quite rounding, would, if the roller, J, were notadjustable,

throw the gage above the edge of the sole.

K, in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is a rack `attached to one `side of thecarriage, B. The rack `extends the lwhole length of the carriage; buthas fa blank space, (g), in it, which oclcupies the space of about iiveteeth or cog's. InFigs. 2 and 3, the space, (g), is seen.`

L, isa rack, immediately undenthe rack, `K. `This rack, L, passesthrough-:a slot in lthe side of the carriage, B, and has both e'dgesprovided with `teeth or cogs. `The inner" teeth or cogs, (h), gear intothe pinion,

.ofthe rack,- K. The rack, L, has a screw, I

(j), seen in Figs. 2 and 3, whichwscr'ew lpasses up through a slot,(73), in the rack, K, said screw having a head which extends ,over thesides of the slot, (7c). The screw `working in the said slot, (7c),keeps the rack,

L, in proper place while operating. M, in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is a pinionon the lower end of a vertical rod, N. Said pinion, M, gears into t-heteeth of the two racks, K, L, and operates both at intervals, the pinionbeing sufficiently wide `to act upon the teeth of both racks. s

O, is a lever through which the lower end of the shaft, N, passes, andby which lever,

Gr is a gage-block attached to a sliding lgate or frame, H. The block,F, or the the pinion, M, is thrown in or out of gear, with the racks, Kand L. On the upper part of the vertical rod, N, there is a pinion, P,into which a screw, R, on a horizontal shaft, S, works, as seen in Figs.l and 3.

T, is a stop lever one end of which is connected to the frame, A, andthe opposite end passes through a slot in the frame, and has a spiralspring, (Z), attached to it, said spring, (l), having a tendency to keepthe lever thrown upward.

U, is a catch, secured by a pivot to the frame, A. Said catch, whenplaced over the end of the stop lever, keeps it down in a horizontalposition, as shown in Fig. 4.

V, is a lever, Vplaced directly underneath the stop lever, T, and havingits fulcrum, (m), at about its center, as Shown in Fig. 4. One end, (n),of the lever, V, is bent upward and passes through a slot in the frame,and over the end of the stop lever, T, the upper part of the end, (n),bearing upon the frame, A. The opposite end of the lever, V, is providedwith a spiral spring, W, somewhat stronger than the spring, (l), of thestop lever, T.

Operation The boot or shoe is placed upon the block, F, and thecarriage, B, is moved back until the toe of the boot or shoe isunderneath the hammer, (not represented,) which is at the front of thegageblock, G. Vhen the 'carriage is in this position, the two racks, K,L, will be in the position shown in Fig. 3, the rack, K, beingconsiderably in advance of the rack, L. Motion is now given thehorizontal shaft, S, and the screw, R, communicates motion to thepinion, P, and shaft, N, and the pinion, M, by gearing into the rack, K,moves the carriage, B, along, the boot or shoe consequently movingunderneath the hammer from the toe to the heel. The roller, J, byresting upon the sole, is raised or lowered owing to the inequalities ofthe sole, and the gate or frame, Gr, is also raised or loweredacordingly, and the hammer will strike an equal blow upon each peg. Whenthe heel of the boot or shoe reaches the hammer, the rack, K, will havebeen moved along until the blank space, (g), has reached the pinion, M,and at this point the front of the rack, K, will strike the top of thecatch, U, and free it from the end of the stop lever, T, which rises bymeans of the spring, (l), and prevents any casual movement of the ofwhich the block, F is afliXed. The heel of the boot or shoe is alsoturned around directly under the hammer, and the pegs are driven intothe sole around the heel.k The opposite side of the boot or shoe nowbears against the gage block, G, and the rack, L, throws the bent end,(n), of the lever, V, from olf the frame, A, and the spring, W, forcesthe end, (n), downward, and the stop lever, T, is also depressed orbrought down to its original position. The pinion, M, again gears intothe rack, K, and the carriage is moved along, the boot or shoe passingunderneath the hammer from heel to toe. In the above manner, the boot orshoe is completely pegged at one operation and by an extremely simplearrangement of parts. By means of the rocking bed plate the boot or shoeis made to bear against the gage block, and operate with but littlefriction, said rocking bedplate causing the boot or shoe to bear againstthe gage block, so that the pegs will be driven into the sole, allaround the sole at an equal distance from the edge,whatever the size orshape of the sole may be, andY no cams orpatterns beingrequired, whilethe two racks, arranged as herein shown, operate perfectly and requireno particular care or attention on the -part of the attendant.

I do not claim a rocking bed plate, irrespective of its attachment tothe carriage, as herein shown, for rocking bed plates have beenpreviously used; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The employment or use of the rocking bed plate, C, when such bed plateis attached to a movable Carriage, B, as herein shown and described, forthe purpose of causing the edge of the sole of the boot or shoe to bearagainst the gage block, as the carriage is moved without theintervention of a pattern or cam.

A. C. GALLAHUE.

Witnesses:

O. D. MUNN, S. F. COHEN.

